in the community: caruta
One of my favorite Romanian “things” is the caruta — a horse-drawn cart that’s pretty ubiquitous in more rural areas. Every Monday morning I awake to the clip-clops of carutas coming through town for the weekly market. It’s one of those sounds that I’ve gotten used to and yet still cherish. When my mom came […]
on the road: headed to Italy
We’re headed to Italy later this week and I’m super excited for: Walking the Cinque Terre photo courtesy of wanderlustjourney.com Eating copious amount of gelato photo courtesy of sadaqah Going to Easter Vigil Mass with David (it’s the anniversary of his baptism and the POPE will be there!!) photo courtesy of Bradley N Weber Seeing […]
quick tidbit
We’ve moved from http://daveronica.wordpress.com to http://www.daveronica.com. Meaning that if you type in daveronica.wordpress.com to visit our blog, you’ll need to update your bookmarks. If you usually just type in daveronica.com, you needn’t change anything you’re doing. Due to some new stuff over at the free wordpress site, we’ve opted to graduate to the big leagues […]
in the news: Aiken Standard gives us a shout-out
http://www.aikenstandard.com/2011local/0302-Peace-Corps-couple David and I were interviewed last week by Rob Novit, a reporter for my hometown’s newspaper, the Aiken Standard. With March 1 marking Peace Corps’ 50th Anniversary, an article seemed timely. It’s a nice article and I don’t think we did a bad job in representing the Peace Corps or ourselves. Plus it is […]
keeping traditions: a trifecta
March 1, 2011 was a trifecta as David wrote on Facebook. 1) It was M?r?i?or, the “spring’s almost here” holiday. (Here’s my post about it from last year.) Claudia told us that it’s also Ziua Barbatilor (Men’s Day). David got coffee and ties and tons of martisoare. I got a few martisoare myself, but this […]
on the job: Radu update
Perhaps you remember Radu. All winter long, Radu has been making caciula-s (winter hats) and fular-s (winter scarves) like mad. Thanks to a big big package from home, there are plenty of looms to go around, now. He and Mariana have made enough that the center is selling them on consignment at various stores in […]
on the job: the best kind of surprise
This is a story about Edi. He’s one of the beneficiaries at my foundation. Edi is a big guy who walks quickly and with purpose. He smiles beautifully and sometimes I catch him laughing to himself about some secret. But most of the time he looks blank and almost emotionless. He’ll do anything he’s asked, […]
in the community: a sausage anecdote
My colleagues Ciprian and Vasi eat sausages and bread every day for lunch. Well, except for days of their fast. They always offer me some and I politely decline. Today, something Vasi said had me giggling. I don’t remember what, but I thought of how in English we use the phrase “sausage fest” to describe […]
keeping traditions: Valentine’s Day
So the title is a little misleading. I’m not typically one to put much emphasis on Valentine’s Day — it’s overly commercial, too couply and more about gifts than love. But this year in Romania, David and I have been trying to celebrate holidays with a bit more pizazz. As I’ve mentioned, being far from […]